One of the [[TheEighties 1980s]] [[AnimatedSeries cartoon series]] that no one seems to remember, ''Dink the Little Dinosaur'' is the story of a young apatosaur named Dink and his friends Amber (a corythosaur), Scat (a compsognathus... [[CartoonCreature maybe]]), Shyler (an edaphosaur), and Flapper (a pteranodon), who live in the peaceful Mesozoic paradise of Green Meadow and learn [[AnAesop important life lessons]] from an old turtle --[[NonMammalianHair with hair]]-- named Crusty. The series depicts the characters' childhood shenanigans and their scuffles with the [[CarnivoreConfusion evil carnivore]] [[TyrannosaurusRex Tyrannor]].

[[WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime Hey, wait a minute...!!]]

----!!This series contains examples of:

* BigEater - Scat* BloodlessCarnage - Shockingly ''averted'' in the fourth episode of the series, entitled ''White Beauty''. A dinosaur that has been [[FantasticRacism outcast from society]] gets into a fight with Tyrannor, and Amber runs off to get help. When the gang comes back to the scene of the battle, there's a ''trail of blood'' that they follow to where the dinosaur is hiding out.* CarnivoreConfusion - Interestingly, the main group features two carnivores: Flapper and Scat.** There's also an episode entitled ''The Gentle Hunter'', which could be renamed "Carnivore Confusion: the Dramatization".** Well, pterosaurs aren't generally thought of as predators, and Scat is at the very least omnivorous as he is shown chasing some "honey fruit" in the first episode.* CoolUncle: Flapper's never seen Uncle Longbeak.* DumbDinos: Follows the "herbivores are sapient, meat eaters are not" variant (at least any meat eaters who eat meat, with the exception of the "scavengers"). * EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs* FearlessFool: Flapper very rarely shows any fear. This usually leads to him getting very badly injured.* HulkSpeak: Scat* InformedSpecies: Scat is apparently a ''Compsognathus'', but looks more like a lizard or really tiny crocodile. Maybe he is a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrisuchus Terrestrisuchus]]?* InterspeciesRomance - Implied between Dink and Amber, from time to time.* NiceJobBreakingItHero - In the episode Tar Troubles, despite Crusty's warning to leave it alone, Dink insists on trying to stop a tar flow in the valley. He and his friends inadvertently wind up setting half the valley on fire.* PteroSoarer: Flapper in spades; he has batlike wings, lives in a decidedly birdlike nest, is bipedal, has grasping talons and even folds his wings like a bird when he walks (something that would be impossible for a real life pterosaur of any species). At least he's toothless and has a short tail. Additionally, the series often featured predatory, villainous pterosaurs referred to simply as "scavengers" ([[InformedAttribute despite the fact that they're always seen hunting the protagonists rather than actually scavenging]]) that look vaguely like [[ToothyBird toothy azhdarchids]].* RampageFromANail - Dink and his friends once helped a really huge dinosaur with that problem.* ScavengersAreScum: A weird example -- among the enemies the group faced was a generic, predatory type of pterosaur referred to in-universe as "Scavengers". However, they're never shown scavenging, instead actively hunting the protagonists, sometimes [[SuperPersistentPredator persistently]].* SeldomSeenSpecies: The show features these surprisingly often. For starters, Shyler appears to be either an ''Edaphosaurus'' or an ''Ouranosaurus''.* ShrinkingViolet: Shyler.* StockDinosaurs - They are all present.* ToothyBird: Averted with Flapper. Played straight with the "scavengers".* UnfortunateName - Dink and Scat.----